Category Archives: Lighthouse Tour
Red Right… Returning?
As someone who has spent more time in the last six years than I ever could have imagined either tying and/or chaining, then untying and/or unchaining, tour boats and barges onto or away from very large cruise ships, I was … Continue reading
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The Hick
“Did you hear this one, Richard?” Kevin asks me at the end of today’s lighthouse tour. “The other day on the whale watch this guy come to the galley and asks Todd for two bottles of water. He’s maybe 50, … Continue reading
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Let Me Get Back to You on That…
This afternoon on the boat I got into a side riff about the stupid questions tourists ask when they’re on vacation. (Examples: “What do you do with the islands in the winter?” “How long does it take a deer to … Continue reading
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I Didn’t Know They Flew!
One of the things I dislike about tour guiding in nature: the minute you tell people to look at something — a loon, say, or a harbor porpoise — it often dives down and disappears. Or the reverse: this afternoon … Continue reading
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I Hate Boats
The customer is always right, supposedly, but whenever people coming on board ask, “I get really seasick; where should I sit?” I always want to say, “Maybe you shouldn’t be buying a ticket for a boat trip in the first … Continue reading
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Pine Tree Curtain 